1. On page 54 Parvanna struggles with whether or not to enter the shop. Why is Parvanna not sure what to do?

Parvana struggles to whether or not to eneter the shop because on one hand if she goes into the shop with out her father the taliban will come to beat her up.On the other hand if she does not go into any shop to by food for her family they wil starve to death. Those are the reasons Parvana is struggling for whether or not to go into the shops.

2. How does having Mrs. Weera around change things for the family. Use evidence from the text to support your answer.

mrs.weera changes stuff around the family by telling the family to cheer up and to clean up the mess from what had hppened when th father was arrested and she gave the idea of Parvana being the boy of the family to get money and food for the family.


3. Why is Parvanna so upset about getting her hair cut?
Because she does not want to have hair like a boy.

4. Parvanna has to change her gender in order to support her family. She is hesitant at first, but then accepts that she must do this. How would you feel in her position?

the way that I would feel is that i would be able to help my family get food and other stuff from the store{shop} on the other hand i would not like to change my gender because i like how i am now also because i am proud of who i am .So i would not really care because i am helping my family.